Howard Ernest Smith was born May 16, 1937 in Wray, CO to Emil (Toolie) and Francis Funk Smith. He was raised on the farm/ranch northeast of Beecher Island. Howard attended 1st grade at Wray Elementary School in Wray, CO, staying with his Funk grandparents during the week and returning toContinue Reading

Sandra Dee Juhnke most often known as Sandy was born in Saint Francis, Kansas on July 4, 1959. She grew up in Saint Francis, KS and Wray, CO with two sisters and two brothers. Sandy married Daryl Garth Juhnke on October 20, 1984. On January 15, 2021 at 61 yearsContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s boys basketball team finds itself in an unfamiliar spot as it prepares for the start of league play later this week. The Indians dropped to 0-3 in the young season with a 57-38 loss to the Chase County Longhorns, Tuesday night in Imperial, Nebraska. Next up isContinue Reading

An encouraging effort Saturday was followed by a discouraging one Tuesday by the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The Indians dropped to 0-3 on the season with a 54-26 loss to the Chase County Longhorns, in Imperial, Nebraska, just three days after nearly upsetting fourth-ranked Limon. A loss mostlyContinue Reading

Yuma High School boys basketball team is 0-2 early in the 2021 season, but showed grit in battling back in the fourth quarter of a 54-47 loss to top-ranked Limon, Saturday in the Indians’ home opener in The Pit. Limon dominated most of the first three quarters. The Badgers scoredContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s girls basketball team looked like a completely different squad in its second game of the shortened 2021 season. The Indians nearly pulled off the upset of Class 2A second-ranked Limon before eventually succumbing 42-35, Saturday afternoon in their home opener in The Pit. After getting dominated inContinue Reading

The Yuma High School boys wrestlers traveled south on Saturday, picking up two more dual wins to improve to 4-0 on the young season. Yuma opened Saturday’s action at 9 a.m. against host County Line, cruising to a 45-18 win. John Smith opened the action with a first-period pin againstContinue Reading

The Yuma High School girls’ wrestling team made its presence felt during its season-opening quadrangular at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday. The Indians first went two rounds with host Doherty. In the first round, Eva Ruiz and Makenzie Phelps each won by pin. Ashley Marshall lost by decision,Continue Reading

A great start eventually gave way to a disappointing finish for the Yuma High School boys basketball team, Thursday night in its season opener in Brush. The Indians raced out to a 11-1 lead in the game’s first two minutes. However, Brush battled back, sending the Indians home with aContinue Reading

The Yuma High School girls basketball team experienced a rough start to its season with a 61-37 loss at Brush, Thursday night. A new-look lineup, breaking in a new system under first-year head coach Jeremy Robinson, ran into an experienced Beetdiggers squad that featured plenty of scoring options. Brush quicklyContinue Reading